Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Organicism and Darwinism

An Organicist concept of the Psyche is plainly entailed by Darwinism.  For, if the human species is governed by an Evolutionary principle, then, so, too, are not only each of its parts, but also the interactions between those parts. Furthermore, the theory not only rivals the account of Genesis 1, as is widely recognized, but also preempts the events of Genesis 3, and, hence, the theology of Salvation that presupposes that the need to reproduce via sexual congress is a curse that befalls the species, from which individual Souls can be rescued.  Accordingly, so-called 'Social Darwinism' is an Atomist reaction that inadequately abstracts the Darwinist principle from its application to the species, i. e. it presents it as governing the behavior of merely members of the species, in an effort to validate Selfish behavior.  Darwinism is now widely accepted, but its implications, such as an Organicist concept of the Psyche, remain barely recognized.

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